During a busy weekend at Winter Park carving out the 53-man roster, the Vikings decided to bring back a familiar name to the Twin Cities. Former Gopher quarterback and Browns tight end MarQueis Gray was claimed via waivers and is now back in same place that helped him launch to NFL status.

FOX Sports North Brian Hall breaks down the Gray’s return to Minnesota here:

The former Gophers quarterback, now a tight end, will get the chance to return to campus and TCF Bank Stadium with the Minnesota Vikings, who claimed him on waivers from the Cleveland Browns on Sunday.

Gray has lived in the Twin Cities with his family since he finished his senior season with the university in 2012. His nomadic NFL journey after going undrafted in 2013 has included stops in San Francisco and Cleveland, but he hopes to settle in back in Minnesota.

"My family been living here and they just came up last season for Cleveland, but they've been living here ever since," Gray said Monday. "Now we finally only got one house to worry about. So that's good."

Gray, 24, has gone from quarterback and receiver with the Gophers to a tight end with Cleveland, which resulted in his eventual landing with the Vikings. Minnesota was looking for a third tight end on the roster and offensive coordinator Norv Turner had worked with Gray last season as the Browns' offensive coordinator.

"I believe that he's trusting me a lot to be here, obviously, because he wants me to be here," Gray said. "So I just got to make sure I do my part and uphold all the great things he's said about me."

Whether or not Gray plays this Sunday against the Rams is unknown, but his presence definitely helps out with the needed tight end depth as we start the 2014 regular season.